Customers benefit from unified storage solution for disparate data
systems without any hardware or application changes

December 14, 2015 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

HOUSTON--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--SoftNAS®, the #1 best-selling software-defined NAS in the cloud, today
announced participation in the NetApp Alliance Partner Program. SoftNAS
is collaborating with NetApp to provide a unique, software-based file
services solution with SoftNAS® Object Filer™ that runs on top of NetApp
StorageGRID Webscale object storage for a unified file and object
storage solution.

Customers need a way for object storage to fit with their existing
application infrastructure and fully-integrate with all existing IT
systems, applications and users. Our joint solutions create a way for
storage to be accessed by the systems that require NFS, CIFS/SMB with
Active Directory integration, FTP, AFP (Apple File Protocol) and iSCSI
block access.

“As enterprises generate petabytes of data, business environments need
instant integration between existing storage infrastructures and object
storage,” said Rick Braddy, CEO and CTO of SoftNAS. “SoftNAS is
software-based for immediate deployment, works across cloud platforms
and protocols without sacrificing full enterprise NAS functionality.”

The combination of SoftNAS Object Filer for files services with NetApp
StorageGRID Webscale object storage solutions empower customers to
leverage the power of expansive object storage while continuing to
service the requirements of active file-based applications. Our use
cases include:

NetApp Alliance Program provides qualified infrastructure and
application providers with access to NetApp solutions, software
development kits, technical support, training, certification, product
information, and marketing and sales assistance. Customer benefits by
having access to best-of-breed partner solutions that has been tested to
work with NetApp storage. Additional information on the NetApp Alliance
Program is available at http://www.netapp.com/alliances.

About SoftNAS

SoftNAS™, Inc. is the leading provider of software-defined NAS solutions
and protects mission-critical data for customers using any combination
of public, private and hybrid clouds. SoftNAS gives its customers the
enterprise-class data security, protection, and performance required to
safely, predictably, and reliably operate IT systems and applications.
SoftNAS believes in powerful, hassle-free data management and works with
any hardware, any data type, across any geography, and with any IT
environment, including the most popular public, private, and hybrid
cloud computing platforms: Amazon® AWS™, Microsoft® Azure™, CenturyLink
Cloud®, VMware® vSphere™ and vCloud Air™.